Mud lakes - Mud Hole or Wetland? Triops -Fairy shrimp are one of many animals which have adapted to life in playa lakes. Eggs of fairy shrimp can lay dormant in dry soil for 15 or more years. Fairy shrimp are a vital food source for many birds -http://www.ks.nrcs.usda.gov/news/wetlands/mudhole_wetland.html

Big Horn Basin Series - http://perigeezero.org/treatise/Proof_sets/big_horn_series/index.html

The huge lake (more than 9,000 km2 [3,475 mi2]) in the image above is the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, the largest salt playa in the world.

California playa lake - http://www.answers.com/topic/playa-1

Searles Lake, California, http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=5662

Valley bottom

Racetrack Playa, Death Valley mistery place

Trona, California

Ambou Crater small playa

Dust from playa

Owen dust storm

Devil''s Racetrack